In this 90-minute webinar, expert speaker Catherine M. Ballard, Esq., provides practical, compliance-minded guidance on performing effective credentialing, privileging, and peer review for remote practitioners. Drawing on her expansive industry expertise, Ballard demystifies the...
Bylaws and policies that don’t sufficiently address temporary privileges—or that leave the door open for corner-cutting—jeopardize organizations’ legal standing and patients’ access to quality care.
“Follow medical staff bylaws requirements for the circumstances under which temporary...
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This sample policy ensures that information regarding each practitioner’s scope of privileges is disseminated and made available to all appropriate internal persons or entities and updated as changes in clinical privileges are made. This policy also lays out the steps a hospital staff member...
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